Pier luigi Nervi | Artemio Franchi Municipal Stadium, 1929 - 1932 Florence
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posted on 13.03.15
Image from The Skyward Trend of Thought, MIT Press.
From “Skyscrapers: Above the Crowd,” National Geographic, February, 1989.
Forerunners of today’s skylines, towers in 13th-century Bologna were raised by Italian families who fortified city homes to wage war with one another and outsiders. Masonry walls carried the full weight of the towers, limiting their practical height.
posted on 12.11.12
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